Trouser waistband hook



Jan. 22, 1957 H. STOUGHTON TROUSER WAISTBAND'HOOK 2 sheets-sheet 1 Filed April 20, 1953 INVENTOR Hooker Stouflhifln ORNEY Jan. 22, 1957 H. STOUGHTON TROUSER WAISTBAND HOOK Filed April 20, 1953 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 ig. 1i

INVENTOR Ho oker Stoughtun ORNEY United States Patent TROUSER'WAISTBAND HOOK Hooker Stoughton, Waterbury, .Conn., assignor to Scovill Manufacturmg Company, Waterbury, Conn., a corporation of Connecticut Application April 20, 1953, Serial No. 349,810 Claims. c1. 24-227 My invention relates to garment fasteners and more particularly to improvements in what are known as pant hooks.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide an improved garment fastener or pant hook in which the cooperating fastener members are identical in construction so that the application of the fastener to the garment requires only one machine. Having the two parts alike also contributes to cheapness of manufacture, ease of storage, and handling of the parts.

Another object of the invention is to provide a pant hook which will be exceedingly strong and have a strong attachment to the garment while at the same time being as thin as possible and neat in appearance.

The invention will be understood from the detailed description which follows when considered in conjunction with the accompanying drawing showing certain preferred embodiments of the invention and wherein:

Fig. 1 is a front view of a trouser fly construction as it appears in partially separated relationship and showing the improved pant hooks applied to a portion of the garment at the waist band.

Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view through themid portion of the hook members applied to the garment on an enlarged scale and showing the hooks in hooked relationship. V

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view through one of the hook members as it appears attached to the garment, the view taken along the line 33 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the hook members on an enlarged scale.

Fig.5 is a perspective view of the clinching device or anchor plate.

Fig. 6 is a plan view showing the two hook members as they appear in hooked relationship but unattached to a garment.

Fig. 7 is a plan view of a modified form of a hook construction.

Fig. 8 is a plan view of the clincher disc or anchor plate such as used in connection with Fig. 7 hook.

Fig. 9 is a cross sectional view of the anchor plate the view taken along the line 9--9 of Fig. 8.

Fig. 10 is a perspective view of a further modified form of construction.

Fig. 11 is a plan view of the same.

Fig. 12 is a front end view of the same, and

Fig. 13 is a plan view of the same showing the two hook members as they appear in hooked relationship but unattached to a garment.

Referring now to the drawing in which like numerals refer to like parts throughout the several views, the numeral 10 indicates the right front of a trouser construction and numeral 11 the left front having the usual waist band 12 stitched to the upper portion.

The fly front of the trouser may be secured together by a conventional form of zipper member 13.

The pant hook for fastening the flyat the Waist band, which is the subject of this invention, includes a pair of "ice ing side edges of the tongue extension 17 but in the reverse direction. A series of prongs 22 are formed downwardly from each of the tapering edges 21 of the recess 20 and are preferably arranged so that their innermost faces lie flush with or preferably slightly in back of the tapering edges 21.

In order to provide a rigid means for securing the hook member 14 to a garment construction a prong retaining device or anchor plate 23. is provided. This plate consists of a flat body 24 having lateral offset portions 25 along its opposite edges, which fiat portions are connected to the body 24 as by S-shaped connecting sections 26. A series of elongated holes 27 are provided in the connecting sections 26 and preferably are located to line up with the prongs 22 of the hook member 14.

In assembling the hook members 14 to a garment the hook that is applied to the right end of the waist band 12 of the garment will first be described.

The anchor plate 23 will first be positioned against a reenforcing patch 28 stitched to the inside of the right waist-band end in such a manner that the flat offset portions rest against said patch and the flat body part 24 of the plate held in spaced relationship thereto. The hook member 14 will next be positioned against the outer surface of thewaistband end with the prongs directed inwardly and in alignment with the holes 27 of'the anchor plate 23. By simple tools the hook member 14 and the anchor plate 23 will be compressed together whereupon the prongs 22 will pierce through the waistband cloth and patch 28 and thence through the holes 27 whereupon a suitable anvil tool will clinch the prongs 22 outwardly against the outer face of the offset portions 25 in the manner shown in Fig. 3. After the hook 14 and plate 23 are thus assembled a waistband lining 29 and fly facing 30 may be stitched to the inside of the garment in the usual manner to conceal the anchor plate 23, all as shown in the upper part of Fig. 2.

The hook member that is attached to the left end of the waistband 12 will for convenience sake be identified as 14a. In this part of the garment before the waistband end 12a is folded under the front portion of the waistband 12 the anchor plate 23a will be positioned against a reenforcing patch 31 stitched to the underside of the waistband end 12a and the hook member 14a applied on the opposite side whereupon by the same tools used in attaching the hook member 14 this hook 14a may also be clinched in position in the same way after which the waistband end 12a can be folded over in back of the waist band 12 and there stitched in place thus concealing the anchor plate 23a. 'It will be noted that by reason of the particular construction of the hook members 14 and 14a when the attaching base plate 15 is secured to the garment fabric, the tongue extension 17 along with the side walls 21 of the recess 20 and the adjacent surface of the garment fabric provides a suitable pocket into which the tongue of the complementary identically constructed hook member can be removably received in a wedging manner and held against any twisting relationship.

An important advantage of my invention comes from the fact that the fastening element onone side of the fly is identical with that on the other side. Each of these members consists of two thicknesses of metal joined by a bend along what is referred to as the outer edge. The

ing the cutout recess 20 in the back attaching plate 15 provides a pocket for receiving the fiat tongue of the th me ber wh a 99 mem e are t iet tsa fissd with each other by .endwise sliding movemcn-taiterathe narrow end .of each tongue has been entered into the wide end of the pocket of the other member. While the free end of the tongue may, if desired, be made tostrike against the narrow edge of the recess 29 of the other member preferably the tapered side edges of each tongue bear against the side edges of the recess of the other member when completely assembled. This makes a very firm fastening in which there is no relative twisting of the parts when fastened. i ii By reason of my improved construction it will benoted that when the two hook members are assembled their combined thickness, except of course for the prongsand prong retainer, has only two thicknesses of metal just as is thecase of each of the members separately before assembly. v

A modified form of construction is shown inFigs. 7, 8 and 9. Fig. 7 shows a plan view of a hook member 35 which is constructed substantiallyinthe same manner as book 14 except that the prongs 3 6 areformed outof 'the base plate 37 and arranged in circular-formation. The anchor member for accommodating prongs 36 is shown in Figs. 8 and 9 and consists of acircular anchor plate 38 having a central solidslightly domed center 39surrounded by a curled hollow head 40 with an entrance opening 41, the latter beingarnanged in the same circular.

position as the prongs 36. Itwill be obvious that the modified form of hook member 35. and anchor plate 38 can be attached to the belt ends of a trouser construction in the same manner as preferred form, except ,thatin this case the anchor plate does nothave tobe brongh-tto hook member and thereby considerably lessening the amount of metal required to form the .complete hook member as compared to thefirst two for ms.

In this modified form the hook member is genenally indicated by the numeral Sfland consists ofab 'ase plate 1 51 havingits tongue or interlocking ,hpokpart 52 formed upwardly out of the-stockof the base plate 51. The

tongue is elevated above the planeof the base plate substantially the metal thickness .of vthe hook member.

Specifically the tongue is joined tothe base plate along bent sections or connectingwalls 3 that are convergingly arranged, A recess 54 is provided inthebase plate 51 and opens throughone endthereof. Thisrecess is definedby side edges 55-that.are madeparallelto the axis of the hook member andsubstantially .merged with. the connecting walls 53. Thatportion of'the-tongue SZ that extends outwardly of theconnectingwallsq53is formed with converging side edges 56 thathave snbstantially'the same angular relationship. to the, axisof the ..hook: member U as the. connecting walls- 53,,only; in theopposite direction. The side edges 55.0f zthe recess54 and the side edges 56 of the tongue-52 define slots 57 that are so arranged as to receive the connecting=walls53 of a companion hook member when twoof thehook members are interlocked.

A pair of opposed prongs-58 areprovided adjacent. the open end of the recess 54 and are'bent downwardly from the straight side edges 55 of said slot. Another set of prongs 59 are providedat the rear end of the recess' 5 4 nd. i i ially res eeredsi s th Offset tongue section 52 ;and then bent downwardly substantially in alignment withthe, connecting wallsjSZi. .The tongue. sectionz, if

desired nay be pierced out ,withanlelongated slot 6t) merely tor appearance sake andtherear end of this slot 60 preferably merges with a cross slot 61 out of which the'prongs 59 were originally sheared.

A fastener attaching plate 'jsimilar to the anchor plate 23 described for use with the first form of the invention may be used for attaching this particular form of pants hook to a garment except that the sides of the plate may be parallel.

Fig. 13 shows the manner in which the hook members of the identical construction are interfitted together without adding to the overall length of the interfitted hook members or increasing their transyerse thickness. It will be observed that when the hook members '50 are inter- ;fitted together the. extended free end of the tongue 52 of one member will fit within the confines of the connecting walls 53 of the other member to assure a wedging action between the interlocking hook members and prevent relative twisting.

This third form is relatively cheap to manufacture in that it can be formed of a single piece of sheet metal whose overall area is substantially the same as the ,finished product. Also the tools to manufacture the sarne are relatively simple.

Three forms of the invention are here presented for thepurpose of exemplification but it will be appreciated that the invention can be modified in other structural formscoming equally within the scope of the appended claims.

l. A garment fastener comprising a pair of identical sheet metal. hook members each having a base plate, said plate being formed with a central recess opening through one end of ,saidplate, thesides of said recess diverging V1towatd saidopenendiitnd aitongue formed as an integral part of said plate and set out from said body vplate an amount substantially, equal to its metal thickness, the sides of said tongue'converging toward the free end of the tongue, that portion of said tongue adjacent the end whichtis attached to said plate overlying one end of said recess to provide therewith a tapered pocketto wedgingly receive theendof the tongueby,tendwise insertion.of the free end of the tongue into the open end of the recess of acompiementary membenrand the remaining portion of said tongue extending toward the open end of said recessinspaced relation to the edges thereof. I

2. A garment fastener as defined in cla m 1 where n each hook member is,provided.with a series ofprongs projectingfrorn;the body plate for the purpose ofJattaohing said hook member to a support and where n sa d prongs project rdpwnwardly from the base plate along the opposite side edges of said recess.

3. .A garment fastener comprising apair of like sheet metalhookmembers each-of which consists of a single piece of fiat metal bent upon itself to provide aback or attaching plate and an overlying flat tongue insubstantially parallel and contiguous relation to said back plate, said tongue tapering toward its free end, and said baek plate having a wedge-shaped cutout directly under sa d tongue but tapering in the opposite direction to provide a pocket open at the inner edge otsaid member for receivingtheflat tongue of the other member when said tongties are interengaged behind one another by end wise sliding movement of the hookmembers after the narrow end of each tongue has been entered intov the 5 A garment fastener comprising a pair of identical sheet metal hook members each having a flat body plate, said plate being formed with a central recess opening through one end of said plate, said recess diverging out- References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS \vardly from its inner base end, and a tongue formed as an 870617 Falter integral part of said plate struck outwardly in offset rela- 5 1229795 Sandholzer June tion from the body of said plate substantially equal to its 1257026 Rundus metal thickness, said tongue having portions of its sides 16785166 Repay July adjacent the base of the recess joined to the plate by in- FOREIGN PATENTS tegral connections, smd connections tapering toward the 12,046 Great Britain of base of the recess so as wedgingly to receive the end of 10 597172 Grgat Britain Jan 20,

the tongue of a complementary member between them. 

